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DC has released solicitations for their September "Futures' End" event, a linewide event month which will see the books take place five years into the future. The solicitations were released two months early, as DC will need additional time to produce the 3D covers associated with the event, thus avoiding the "3DNado" clusterfuck that occurred last year.

Below is an example of one of the solicitations released a few minutes ago:

JUSTICE LEAGUE: FUTURES END #1 Advance solicit • On sale SEPTEMBER 10 32 pg, FC • RATED T 3-D Motion Edition: $3.99 US 2-D Standard Edition: $2.99 US The mystery of the Martian Manhunter is revealed at last as his decades-long plan for world domination comes to fruition! Continues in this month’s JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED: FUTURES END #1!

Does anyone notice what's missing in the solicitations? The creative credits. That's right, DC has released an entire month's worth of solicitations without bothering to name a single creator attached to the event. Instead, the company is expecting retailers and customers to order these books based off of one-sentence plot summaries alone. Retailers won't even get covers to help push their ordering decisions, as they weren't ready to be released either.

I'm sure that DC will be announcing creative teams in the next month or two, but these solicitations represent a dangerous trend. DC is hoping that retailers and fans will be more attracted to the characters and titles of a book than the quality of the story or the strength of the creative team. For all retailers know, all forty-one books could be written and drawn by Rob Liefeld, but DC will expect retailers to order them en masse since they're connected to their latest September gimmick month. Furthermore, these solicitations represent a clear sign that editorial is coming up with these stories first and then finding creators instead of allowing creative teams to....well, be creative and come up with their own stories.

Sadly, we all know these books are probably going to sell regardless of who writes and draws them. Judging from last September's sales, comic fans seem to be attracted to mediocre comics with fancy covers, regardless of how bad the content is. And it seems DC is banking on that to sell their latest gimmicky event.

DC has released solicitations for their September "Futures' End" event, a linewide event month which will see the books take place five years into the future. The solicitations were released two months early, as DC will need additional time to produce the 3D covers associated with the event, thus avoiding the "3DNado" clusterfuck that occurred last year.

Below is an example of one of the solicitations released a few minutes ago:

JUSTICE LEAGUE: FUTURES END #1 Advance solicit • On sale SEPTEMBER 10 32 pg, FC • RATED T 3-D Motion Edition: $3.99 US 2-D Standard Edition: $2.99 US The mystery of the Martian Manhunter is revealed at last as his decades-long plan for world domination comes to fruition! Continues in this month’s JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED: FUTURES END #1!

Does anyone notice what's missing in the solicitations? The creative credits. That's right, DC has released an entire month's worth of solicitations without bothering to name a single creator attached to the event. Instead, the company is expecting retailers and customers to order these books based off of one-sentence plot summaries alone. Retailers won't even get covers to help push their ordering decisions, as they weren't ready to be released either.

I'm sure that DC will be announcing creative teams in the next month or two, but these solicitations represent a dangerous trend. DC is hoping that retailers and fans will be more attracted to the characters and titles of a book than the quality of the story or the strength of the creative team. For all retailers know, all forty-one books could be written and drawn by Rob Liefeld, but DC will expect retailers to order them en masse since they're connected to their latest September gimmick month. Furthermore, these solicitations represent a clear sign that editorial is coming up with these stories first and then finding creators instead of allowing creative teams to....well, be creative and come up with their own stories.

Sadly, we all know these books are probably going to sell regardless of who writes and draws them. Judging from last September's sales, comic fans seem to be attracted to mediocre comics with fancy covers, regardless of how bad the content is. And it seems DC is banking on that to sell their latest gimmicky event.

Trapped out of time on a world that defies reason, Booster Gold struggles to escape the fate that has held him and so many forgotten heroes captive!

"I have my heroes, but no one knows their names"- Sons of the Desert

Strict31 wrote:I'm not sure that combining the nigh-uncontrollable power of LOLtron with the Nacireman is a good idea. Some years from now, when mankind is on the verge of extinction, we'll be able to look back and remember this moment, and say, "DANG."

Staff Writer

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED: FUTURES END #1Advance solicit • On sale SEPTEMBER 1732 pg, FC • RATED T3-D Motion Edition: $3.99 US2-D Standard Edition: $2.99 USIn the concluding chapter of the epic story that began in this month’s JUSTICE LEAGUE: FUTURES END #1, the armies of Mars rise against the unsuspecting population of Earth – and only the combined might of the Justice League and the Legion of Super-Heroes can stand against them!

Staff Writer

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED: FUTURES END #1Advance solicit • On sale SEPTEMBER 1732 pg, FC • RATED T3-D Motion Edition: $3.99 US2-D Standard Edition: $2.99 USIn the concluding chapter of the epic story that began in this month’s JUSTICE LEAGUE: FUTURES END #1, the armies of Mars rise against the unsuspecting population of Earth – and only the combined might of the Justice League and the Legion of Super-Heroes can stand against them!

DANG!

I'm not sure exactly which Legion of Super-Heroes will be used. The one from the Legion comic which was supposedly retconned as being from Earth-2, or the Grant Morrison version from Action Comics? At this point there's no telling.

DANG!

I'm not sure exactly which Legion of Super-Heroes will be used. The one from the Legion comic which was supposedly retconned as being from Earth-2, or the Grant Morrison version from Action Comics? At this point there's no telling.

"I have my heroes, but no one knows their names"- Sons of the Desert

Strict31 wrote:I'm not sure that combining the nigh-uncontrollable power of LOLtron with the Nacireman is a good idea. Some years from now, when mankind is on the verge of extinction, we'll be able to look back and remember this moment, and say, "DANG."

Rain Partier

Juan Cena wrote:Trapped out of time on a world that defies reason, Booster Gold struggles to escape the fate that has held him and so many forgotten heroes captive!

Grayson wrote:

And just like that, I am intrigued again.

See, I'd like to be optimistic about who that might include, but I can't shake the feeling that they're talking about characters who are forgotten in the context of this story and it'll wind up being someone like that purple Teen Titan...

Rain Partier

Juan Cena wrote:Trapped out of time on a world that defies reason, Booster Gold struggles to escape the fate that has held him and so many forgotten heroes captive!

Grayson wrote:

And just like that, I am intrigued again.

See, I'd like to be optimistic about who that might include, but I can't shake the feeling that they're talking about characters who are forgotten in the context of this story and it'll wind up being someone like that purple Teen Titan...